Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 4:43 PM CST for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 17 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 4:43 PM CST (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Covington County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:50 PM CST | TORNADO | Opp, AL | |
| Mar 2, 4:53 PM CST | TORNADO | Opp, AL | TWO TORNADOES REPORTED IN THE TOWN OF OPP ABOUT A MILE APART. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
762
WFUS54 KMOB 022243
TORMOB
ALC039-022300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0015.120302T2243Z-120302T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
443 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 500 PM CST
* AT 442 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF OPP...OR 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF HORN HILL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HORN HILL... SANFORD... OPP...
ONYCHA... BABBIE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3114 8634 3131 8642 3141 8620 3140 8619
3134 8619 3119 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 247DEG 27KT 3126 8628
$$3 follow-up statements
044
WWUS54 KMOB 022250
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
450 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC039-022300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120302T2300Z/
COVINGTON AL-
450 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY...
AT 447 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OPP...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BLAIRS...ESTOTHEL AND COUNTY LINE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3120 8631 3131 8634 3136 8623 3138 8620
3134 8619 3124 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 247DEG 27KT 3127 8624
$$125
WWUS54 KMOB 022252
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
452 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC039-022300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120302T2300Z/
COVINGTON AL-
452 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY...
AT 450 PM CST...A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE
TOWN OF OPP. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3120 8631 3131 8634 3136 8623 3138 8620
3134 8619 3124 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 247DEG 27KT 3128 8622
$$253
WWUS54 KMOB 022301
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
501 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC039-022311-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120302T2300Z/
COVINGTON AL-
501 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
AT 500 PM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
COVINGTON COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3120 8631 3131 8634 3136 8623 3138 8620
3134 8619 3124 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 247DEG 27KT 3128 8621
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:40 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 26 hr | |
| Mar 2, 3:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 4:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 4:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 48 min |
| Mar 2, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 5:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 5:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 58 min |
| Mar 2, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 19 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.